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The Making of a Massacre

By:
Audible Original,
Ginger Thompson

Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins

Original Recording

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
13

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
13

Story

5 out of 5 stars
13

[Contains sensitive content] On a warm evening in a small Mexican border town, men and women started disappearing. Local officials were warned to stay away and when it was all done, up to 200 people were gone.

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Ep. 1: The Takeover (Making of a Massacre)

By:
Audible Original,
Ginger Thompson

Length: 28 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
14

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
14

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
14

[Contains sensitive content] Once a sleepy, well-to-do town on the border with Texas, how had Allende become a stronghold for the notoriously brutal Zetas cartel? Residents and lawmakers relive the town’s terrifying takeover, enforced by the cartel’s gunmen and local police-turned-henchmen. Former Zetas operatives reveal how they asserted power not just in Allende, but the entire region on the Mexico-US border.

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Ep. 5: The Aftermath (Making of a Massacre)

By:
Audible Original,
Ginger Thompson

Length: 30 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

[Contains sensitive content] To this day dozens of people are dead or missing, and the remains of buildings burned and demolished still dot the small town of Allende. And yet, Mexican authorities seem intent on leaving questions unanswered. The series closes with victims’ families detailing their struggle to untangle what really happened, and the DEA shares an official statement of their role in the tragedy.

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Ep. 2: The Operation (Making of a Massacre)

By:
Audible Original,
Ginger Thompson

Length: 21 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
11

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
10

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
11

[Contains sensitive content] Months before the massacre, the DEA launched “Operation Too Legit to Quit." It was aimed at stopping cocaine traffickers in Texas, but it led to the leaders of the Zetas cartel and a key piece of intelligence in Mexico. Hear the DEA agent and federal prosecutor at the center of that development explain how it happened - and from the cartel operatives who were their target.

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Ep. 4: The Massacre (Making of a Massacre)

By:
Audible Original,
Ginger Thompson

Length: 27 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

[Contains sensitive content] Gunmen from the Zetas cartel started pouring into Allende and surrounding towns. Fires rage on a ranch outside of town. The mayor and emergency services are warned to stay away. Suddenly, wives can't reach their husbands, children disappear and homes are bulldozed. Only questions remain.

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Ep. 3: The Leak (Making of a Massacre)

By:
Audible Original,
Ginger Thompson

Length: 24 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
10

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
10

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

[Contains sensitive content] U.S. officials begin to strategize over their next steps with the new intelligence. And then, a rash decision is made -- the trackable cell phone numbers they obtained for two top cartel members get shared with Mexico. And suddenly, the operation begins to unravel and violence erupts.

In this issue: "Guns and Terror", by Amy Davidson; "Trafficking in Terror", by Ginger Thompson; "Dolls and Feelings", by Ariel Levy; "Tough Medicine", by Malcolm Gladwell; and "Hard Bargains", by Anthony Lane.